reconstruct
to construct again; rebuild; make over: The church was burned in 1895, but reconstructed in 1897.
to re-create in the mind from given or available information: The first step in solving this crime was to reconstruct the events of the murder.
to cause to abandon earlier positions, beliefs, etc.; cause to adjust to new or current situations: He's a reconstructed man with progressive views on gender equality.The protesters and resisters refuse to be reconstructed.
Historical Linguistics. to arrive at (hypothetical earlier forms of words, phonemic systems, etc.) by comparison of data from a later language or group of related languages.
Origin of reconstruct
1Other words from reconstruct
- re·con·struct·i·ble, adjective
- re·con·struc·tor, re·con·struct·er, noun
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How to use reconstruct in a sentence
Memory does not record the past; it reconstructs it according to the needs of the present.
Herzog reconstructs this crime in detail, using police video that shows the blood streaks in the Stotler home.
Werner Herzog’s 'Into the Abyss' Explores the Death Penalty | Ben Crair | November 20, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTMeghan McCain stirring the pot as the GOP reconstructs itself out of the ashes.
It is the whole of Western Europe that Reade reconstructs for the groundwork of his simple story.
Adventures in Criticism | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-CouchEven apart (p. xxvi) from the central figure, the book reconstructs one of the most fascinating phases of American history.
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands | H. Hagedorn.
He reconstructs in the latter what he destroyed in the former, in spite of what those may say who do not see the man himself.
Tragic Sense Of Life | Miguel de UnamunoIt revivifies the blood, reconstructs the nerves, drives out the poisons which corrupt the human frame.
The Clarion | Samuel Hopkins AdamsFancy reconstructs reality, but possible reality, not the impossible or what is contradictory.
Historical materialism and the economics of Karl Marx | Benedetto Croce
British Dictionary definitions for reconstruct
/ (ˌriːkənˈstrʌkt) /
to construct or form again; rebuild: to reconstruct a Greek vase from fragments
to form a picture of (a crime, past event, etc) by piecing together evidence or acting out a version of what might have taken place
Derived forms of reconstruct
- reconstructible, adjective
- reconstruction, noun
- reconstructive or reconstructional, adjective
- reconstructor, noun
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